Pete dexter books list of books by author pete dexter. Paris trout by pete dexter the 2043rd greatest fiction book. Pete dexter is the author of the national book awardwinning novel paris trout and five other novels. Paris trout by pete dexter overdrive rakuten overdrive.
Paris trout by pete dexter free mobi epub ebooks download. Paris trout, the national book award winner for fiction in 1988, is a flawless work. He has been a columnist for the philadelphia daily news and the sacramento bee, an. Paris trout by pete dexter i first read paris trout in the late 1980s when it was originally released. Born in michigan, he was raised in georgia, illinois, and eastern south dakota. Pete dexter won the national book award in 1988 for his novel paris.
Mar 24, 20 paris trout dennis hopper is a vile southern bigot. Paris trout is a resident of cotton point, georgia. He has been a columnist for the philadelphia daily news and the sacramento bee and has contributed to many magazines, including esquire, sports illustrated, and playboy. Dexter, a former newspaper columnist, is also the author of deadwood and gods pocket. In this novel of social drama, a casual murder in the small georgia town of cotton point just after world war ii and the resulting court case cleave open the ugly. I had never heard of dexter at the time, but i loved the book, and when dexter came to the book store to do a reading, i made sure i was in attendance he turned out to be a very engaging guy and had him sign a copy of paris trout for me. A gothic tale of murder, injustice, and mayhem in a small georgia town at the end of ww ii, by the hypnotically gifted author of gods pocket 1983 and deadwood 1986. He often sues people, and so his lawyer, harry seagraves ed.
He has been a columnist for the philadelphia daily news and the sacramento bee, more about pete dexter. Download full paris trout a novel book in pdf, epub, mobi and all ebook format. Paris trout by pete dexter paris trout, an unrepentant racist in 1949 georgia. Pete dexter is a brilliant american author who can do no harm in my eyes. A former newspaper columnist, is also the author of deadwood and god s pocket paris trout won the national book award. Pete dexter s prose has just as much to do with what is left unsaid, as with what has been spoken both men have an acute sense of southern darkness and weave worlds out of. Paris trout is a 1988 american novel written by pete dexter and was the winner of the national book award for fiction. Pete dexter is the author of the national book awardwinning novel paris trout as well as spooner, paper trails, gods pocket, deadwood. The young boy in pete dexters new novel, spooner, bears a striking. Paris trout by pete dexter studocu summary library en. Gods pocket, deadwood, brotherly love, the paperboy, and train. Pete dexter is the author of the national book award winner paris trout and of gods pocket, deadwood, brotherly love, and the paperboy.
Paris trout contemporary american fiction dexter, pete on. The national book award winner from 1988, paris trout, based on a real murder and subsequent trial in milledgeville, georgia, is a tale of racism, abuse, bribery, injustice, and most of all, arrogance. Pete dexter is the author of the national book awardwinning novel paris trout, among others. Paris trouta disheveled, miserly, eccentric, and amoral but nonetheless locally respectable hardwarestore owner and loan sharkis the murderer. Two murders by the same man turn a small georgia town upside down. Paris trout ebook by pete dexter 9780812987393 rakuten kobo. National book award in 1988 for his novel paris trout. Il cuore nero di paris trout by pete dexter nook book. This book is the 2043rd greatest fiction book of all time as determined by. Paris trout is the owner of a store and bank for black citizens when he kills a fourteenyear old black girl in cotton point, georgia. Paris trout by pete dexter won the national book award in 1988. Paris trout by dexter, pete, 1943publication date 1989 topics murderers, city and town life, girls publisher. Paris trout by pete dexter the 2043rd greatest fiction.
Pete dexter il cuore nero di paris trout books pics. Aug 04, 2010 paris trout by pete dexter i first read paris trout in the late 1980s when it was originally released. Publication date 1988 topics cultural literacy and humanities, reading leveladult. Dive deep into pete dexters paris trout with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. Nov 04, 2014 pete dexter is the author of the national book awardwinning novel paris trout as well as spooner, paper trails, gods pocket, deadwood, brotherly love, and train. He has been a columnist for the philadelphia daily news and the sacramento bee, and has contributed to many magazines, including esquire, sports illustrated, and playboy. Pete dexter is the author of the national book award winner paris trout and of gods pocket, deadwood, brotherly love, the paperboy and train. Paris trout is one of the most despicable villains in modern literature as he abuse beyond belief his long suffering wife, cheats and swindles behind a veneer of small tow respectability. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
Paris trout, a white shopkeeper in cotton point, georgia, makes his own rules, paying little attention to other laws as he sells used cars on which the rust is hidden under new paint. He was born in michigan and raised in georgia, illinois, and eastern south dakota. Pete dexter born july 22, 1943 is an american novelist. Because it isnt a current title, i was surprised to find that it was the august selection for the laguna beach books book club. This is a very well written and engrossing novel about an influential and white businessman who goes to trial for murdering an africanamerican teenage girl in a georgia town in the 1950s. Read paris trout a novel by pete dexter available from rakuten kobo. Now a major motion picture in this striking debut from the author of the national book award winner paris trout, pete dexter chronicles a murder and its consequences in the fictional bluecollar philadelphia neighborhood of gods pocket. He has been a columnist for the philadelphia daily news and the sacramento bee.
Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Pete dexter il cuore nero di paris trout italian 2005 308 pages isbn. He often sues people, and so his lawyer, harry seagraves ed harris, eventually meets paris wife hannah. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. When trout is arrested for the crime, he is stunned and enraged, a man of the old south. This page contains details about the fiction book paris trout by pete dexter published in 1987. Where dexters bestknown books paris trout, the paperboy. Aug 31, 2008 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
Paris trout dennis hopper is a vile southern bigot. Paris trout contemporary american fiction by pete dexter and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Upon reading i can say it is worthy of the accolades. Buy a cheap copy of paris trout book by pete dexter. Pete dexter is the author of the national book awardwinning novel paris trout as well as spooner, paper trails, gods pocket, deadwood, brotherly love, and train.
1178 1520 39 1354 1501 1360 279 982 164 496 193 4 447 346 514 613 631 1437 676 1475 30 318 284 109 1359 212 970 238 1147 980 1462 1095 301 1157 862 349